Carnauba Palm
Carnauba Palm
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Genus:	Copernicia
Binomial name
Copernicia prunifera (Mill.) H.Moore

Copernicia prunifera or the carnauba palm or carnaubeira palm is a species of palm tree native to northeastern Brazil.

Taxonomically it belongs to the subfamily Coryphoideae, tribe Corypheae, subtribe Livistoninae.

It is the source of carnauba wax, which is harvested from the coating on the leaves of the tree.

Leaf crown

Trunk covered in adherent leaf sheaths and fibers which shed with age

Armed petioles - note orange banding along center

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